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Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1887-02-12
HThe Morning Lands

When but mere child on the plan
tation he heard the old folks tell ng of
the Morning Land-a PARKWAY place
where sorrow and trouble were un-
known-where night never came
where humanity rolled off It's burdens
never to take them up again. He de-
termine1 then that when he grew older
he would set out in search of the Par
adise which had been so graphically
pictured. When he had older grown
he started on his journey, but he grew
hungry, and weary, and footsore, and
men ridiculed him and said
There is no Morning Land. You
are search ng for o. myth"
While he abandoned the search for q
while his COZ victions as child could
not be shaken, and he whispered to
himself:
Perhaps am not old enough, or I
have taken the wrong direction. l will
renew the search by and by"
Sickness, and trouble, and danger
came to HIM rs he waited. Men argued
with and ridiculed him. They scoffed
at the idea of the land of rest and
peace but deep down in his own heart
he felt the conviction that there must
he, and as his burdens of life increased
he somewhat felt that the Morning
Land had come nearer to him. Poor,
ignorant, aud lowly, he cherished the
thought as prisoner for life loves the
sunbeam which enters his barred win
dow to whisper to him of the doings of
the great world beyond.
Once, when sickness and poverty
had almost weighed him down, and his
tro lbles seemed greater than he could
bear, he wavered for q moment in
his belief. He had searched long
but vainly for the path. He was
afraid he would die without finding it.
but it was only for a moment Then
he remembered the words of gray
haired exhorter, spoken fifty years be-
fore:
"You may hev to wait an wait, but
yer reward shall be all de greater. In
dat Mornin' Land de weary shall be at
rest"
When he had become old and weak
q blindess fell upon him, and many
times his sightless eyes filled with
tears and he whispered to himself:
Il have waited and waited, but now l
am blind and shall never find the
Morning Land"
! Ono summers evening as he sat at
his doorstep this thought grew stronger
upon him, and i'll his loneliness and
amidst his troubles he sobbed and
grieved like young child. His eyes
were tear-flled when he suddenly
cried out to the wondering children at
his feet:
II kin sec again! De Lawd has
giben me back my sight"
They ran away and brought woman,
and she came to find him dead in his
chair.
See! there is smile on his face !"
whispered the children.
"Chill'en," she replied, as great
awe fell upon her, de good Lawd gin
him his sight to see into de Mornin'
Land-jess dat, an den He called him
to come an lib dar' foreber!" -Deiroit
Free Press
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1887-02-12
MINING JOURNAL.
sATURDAY aORAING. FEB 70 1887

Mas. GRANT, says the Chicago Trib
aLne, has contributed from her private
purse the sum of S09!.50 to help along
the fund which the New York million.
aires proposed to raise for the erection
Of monument over tae remains of the
great soldier. 1t is safe, however, to
assume that even this notifying con.
tribution will have NJ effe:t in stimu-
lating New York CITY to do anything
more. The millicnaires of that CITY,
having succeeded in their plan to bury
the General in one of their public parks
and to enhance The speculative value
of adjacent property, have done ali
that can be expected OF them. Fleeced
OF his money in Wall street while liy.
ing, his bones arc Of no value except as
money can be made out of them.
Selfishness and meanness could hardly
go further. Never before has the
country been compelled to witness the
humiliating spectacle of the widow of
an eminent man having to contribute
from her own pocket to help build him
a monument, and that after the million
aires of the metropolis had agreed to
praise the money as one of the condi-
|tions of having his remains buried
among them.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1887-02-12
The totals, classified by trades or in.
dustries, are found to be as follows:

A ROCHESTER business man who is q
practical me- hanic was in Boston few
days ago and was attracted by novel
ity on exhibition which may have direct
Interest for people elsewhere. says the
Rochester Express. 1t was a tube
made of Eliminated wooden strips wound
spirally and rendered water and steam
tight by process which the inventor
declines to make public. 1t is claimed
that the process renders the wood prac-
tically indestructible by time or moist
ure, the common cause of decay. Our
informant sends samples of the pipe,
which, he was told, had been subjected
to the action of steam, oil, and acid
without apparent injury. He was pres
emit when pressure of 1900 pounds to
the square inch was applied to piece
of the pipe twelve inches in diameter,
and it stood the test perfectly. The
thickness of the shell was about an
inch, and the wood was ash. For pur-
poses recurring less strength it is pro-
posed to use spruce. The owner of the
invention intends to apply it to the
manufacture of tight barrels, etc. He
claims that barrels can be made cheaper
and lighter by his process than as at
present. The Rochester man suggested
another use for the pipe, viz, to pro-
tect spiles in the sea against the at
tacks of the teredo or ship-worm. On
his suggestion section of the pipe has
been sent to California in or Ter to test
its efficacy in resisting the incisors of
the terror of navies," which abound
in the waters of Pacific. 1t is not i'm
probable that those who may be inter-
ested here will have a chance before
long to see some of the pipe which can
be used for conveying water, electric
wires, etc.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1887-02-12

DIR. WV. Fl. GRAY, of West Falls,
Nd, the other day visited Baltimore
and swore to an affidavit before Magis-
trate James III. Besant to the effect
that he had invented machine that
ran perpetually. 1t derives its motion
IRON the attraction of gravitation, by
placing mechanical movement on the
wheel in such way that the descend
ing side is the heaviest. BY the fo"ce
of its alton it keeps the wheel steadily
in motion. The wheel is twentv-six
inches in diameter by eight inches in
thickness, and is mounted on wooden
frame resembling grindstone frame.
The wheel is keyed to a steel axle,
which rests on brass bearings. The
motion is obtained by movable weights
inclosed within tho wheel. The in
ventor has had one of the machines at
his house working steadily for the past
three months. He believes that he has
at last discovered perpetual motion.
He labored twenty years over his in
vent;on, part of the time assisted by
his son, James D. Gray. He has in
vented several clever me :hanical de-
vices, upon which he has frequently
been granted patents. 1t is his inten-
ton to exhibit the machine at an early
day in Baltimore and other cities.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1887-02-12
HAPPIER Ill.

| had permit TO enter the doomed mans
cell on that morning, and thinking he
might wish to send some farewell word or
token 10 his friends, /, of course, did not
hes tate TO avail myself of the privilege
Poor fellow! he had wasted away, during
those three We ks, almost to n shadow. He
was wild, hnggard and restless; starting at
every sound, and, at times, incoherent.
Had not known who | was going to see,
ceitlinly should have failed to recognize
him. He had shrunk into the farthest cor
ner of his cell when the turnkey threw
open the door to admit me, and, with an
expression of horror in every lineament of
his face, he glared at me for an instant like
some poor dumb creature hunted down,
and completely at the mercy of his enemies.
He sprang forward the moment that he
saw who it was, and chung TO me as though
he fancied had power to stay the hand Of
the executioner.
Il thought they had come for mel" he
said, sLuddering.
Not yeti" answered, hopefully, 1--WE
may at least hope for Communication of the
sentence"
"What is the timer" he demanded.
drew out my watch and pointed to the
hand. 1t wanted just one hour yet of the
time of execution.
what is the use in hoping?" he SID.
"They meantto hang me from the first. and
they will do it. But I'll not 60 like an OK
to the shambles. They shall dag me there;
they shall force me upon the scaffold, and
there I'll resist IL EN- to the DEATH"
i desired TO know il he had no message
for his friends.
No." he answered. II pray to God the
news may never reach them. 1t is better
that they should not know my fate, b nm that
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1887-02-12
A Difference.

A marked illustration of the value of
old records and the fallacy of memory
is shown in General Cilley's prepare
ton for trial of the schooner Dolphin
case before the United States Court of
Claims under the French spoliat on
act. The tradition and united testi-
mony of the he rs of the owners was
that the vessel was loaded with
coffee, while the attested copy of the
original protest procured by General
Cilley, made Feb. 8, 1898, shows the
cargo to have been rum. "-RocklanG
(Me. Free Press.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1887-02-12
OUR PILGPIMAGE.


We journey past the mile-stones on tho why.
sting and hating with zach tolsome milo (;
We sleep, we wake we laugh, We weep, we
pray
A little while
Some falter early. Thoro are other stones,
And til, re are pilgrims lingering by each stile.
Passing them by, we hear their signs, their
means
little while.
We bravely march and we, too, reach the rest
Beyond the river, In the Hnpp! Isle.
For ua, too. CLOVIS the twilight in the west
A little whilel
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1887-02-12

The spinx's claws have been brought
to light by some curious delivers in the
Egyptian desert. 1t was regarded as a
foregone conclusion that they would be
found TO be of stone. but, strange to
tell, the claws are of brick.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1887-02-12

TaE u7s and downs of oil region towns are
shown in the state nent that tea years a 20
the Posto ice at Elk City was worth, it is
said, l,60l Now it is worth 500.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1887-02-12

The record Of the total number of
employees striking and employees locked
out, in leading lines and at industrial
centers only, during 1886, by months,
is as follows.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1887-02-12

HE is happy whose circumstances sui
his temper; but he is more excellent whc
can suit his temper to any circumstances.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1887-02-12

| that's the upshot of -it; but ne bought the
lot because he p tied me, and paid for it
because he didut regard it Of much ao-
count, anyhow"
"A very accommodating gentleman, tru-
ly, eered Griffith, calling other people
swindlers. Why dilnt he give you the
money, and let YOU hang on to the land, if,
as you say, he didn't regard it of any &C
COUNT"
That's none of your business, nor
mine, said Warner, briefly terminating the
argument. "lt is enough for you that
have money to square accounts; and after
tomorrow morning, if you ever catch me
IN the city of Greenboro again, you are at
liberty to skin me-"
1T was evident that Griffith did not relish
the satire, though he laughed and pretended
it was good Joke.
He shortly after went out, and we saw no
more of him till lac in the afternoon.
When the supper hour arrived, it was re-
marked that Nixon had not yet returned.
Possible something my have hap
pened to him, suggested some one Of the
boarderS.
"Where was he when he gave you the
money, Warmer" demanded Griffith, point
odlv. Perhaps you can explain, being last
with him."
where the bluffs make down to the river"
answered Warner, innocently.
1T is verV STANCE" said Griffith. Il
think We had better take lanterns and 60
down TO the bluffs. For aught we know,
some accident may have befallen him."
1t was growing quite dark, and as Nixon
had always been punctual at his meals, the
suggestion of the landlord vas instantly
acted upon. 1t was not further than five
minutes walk from the hotel down TO the
bluffs; and some five or six of the men, in
Guiding Warner, started on the search.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1887-02-12

This gives total of about 44S.OOO
employees affected. OF this total about
10000 were locked out by nine manu-
facturers' association Classifying the
total number of employees striking or
locked out at various indus rial centers
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1887-02-12

"ExTREMEs meet" as the intelligent
setter dog remarked when be seized his
tail With bis teeth.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-04-18
THE INITIAL CONTEST.
A Very Large Crowd Out to Witness the
First Game of the Season in
st. Paul.
The League Team Shows Up Well-Its
Pitchers Seem to Be Unusually
Strong.
An Iowa Prize Fight That Didn't
Come Off--Various Other Sport
Ing Matters.

FULLY 2, 200 people went out to the West
Side park yesterday afternoon to see st.
PauPs representatives in the Northwestern
league play with j. j. Aherns picked nine.
Inc latter was composed of McCanley,
prescott and Weber of the league team,
JeVne and FraZee of last years team, Ban
nlng OF last years Milwaukees. Lynch,
Ior portion of last season with Minneap-
OILS and Eau Claire, and Hoffman and
henry, couple of amateurs. The game
was won easily by the league team by a
score OF to l. For four innings the con-
test was pretty one, Ahern's aggregation
getting one score and the league none.
After that the regulars had things their
own way. The picked nine got badly rat
lied III the fifth and sixth innings, six
leaguers crossing the plate on wild fielding.
The hitting by the league players was
Inc fielding was generally good. Viau
pitched four innings, Sowders four and
Duryea one. The work of the former was
extra good. Jevne's play at left field was
brilliant, every one Of his three catches be-
ing very difficult. Murphy made a splendid
catch OF McCauley's fly near the right-feld
foul line i'll the eighth. Cleveland's catch
OF McCauleY's fly in LETT foul field was also
splendid one. Stockwell caught the
game through without a passed ball and
Prescott had but one. The team is plainly
much stronger than any in the Northwestern
league last season. and it's hackers may rea-
sonably expect to see it near the front at
the close of the base ball year. The score
is as follows:
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-04-18

racy and put it where it belongs-in the
hands of the common people. In his mes
sages to congress President CLEVELAND
has strongly urged upon that body the policy
OF encouraging many purchases of the public
lands for homes and discouraging the mass
ing of large areas. In a recently published
interview when referring to this question of
the public lands the president declared that
when real settler has legally taken pos
session of his 100 acres he ought to feel that
the government is behind him and that if
his rights are invaded the government
should stand by him and see that no injus-
tlce is done. He said 81 think the gov.
eminent should be specially jealous of the
rights of the farmers and the working
classes. | am of the people, believe in
the people and l stand by them and with
them first, last and all the time" That is
the language of a genuine Democrat. Thus
1t may be seen that whatever differences
may exist between the Democratic party
and the Cincinnati political crankS on the
one hand and the Chicago anarchists on the
other, there is the utmost unity and concord.
between the Democratic party and the real
workingmen of the country. There will
be no distinctive labor organization opposed
to the Democratic party on the great issues
in which labor is most interested. They
are in the same boat and will remain to-
gether.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-04-18

On Sunday morning, May l. will be Is
sned from the new GLOBE Building a
special edition of this paper. 1t Will be
UNIQUE and intensely interesting publlca-
tion-lust such paper as every Business
Man. Manufacturer and Dealer in Real
Estate will desire to be handsomely repre-
scented in. The space devoted to adverts-
ing favors will be necessarily limited;
therefore, those desiring to avail themselves
of this unusually desirable medium of COM
municaton with the public, should indicate
that desire to the Publisher at all early day.
All contracts must be made directly with
This office. The edition will be composed
of so, 600 copies. with neat and attractive
Autograph covers.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-04-18
NAMES NEW LIoUoRLAw.

The new Maine liquor law goes into oper-
alton to-day. This new law is NEAL
BOWS latest bantlng. and is virtual con-
fession that tine thirty three years of eX-
pertinent with prohibition in that state is a
failure. This recent specimen of Maine
temperance legislation has great deal of
the smack of the old time New England
blue laws when witch burning was regarded
to be religious duty. Gen. Dow aimed to
make its provisions so comprehensive that
there could be no possible way for imtem-
perance to rear its head within the sacred
precincts OF prohibitions birth place. The
law imposes heavy fines and imprisonments
on all vendors of the ardent, and the en-
largement of old jaiIS and the building of
new ones is contemplated all over the state
Druggists may use liquors in the
compromising of prescriptions. but are not
allowed to sell any wine, brandy or other
liquors clear for any purpose whatever-not
even alcohol. TO put clincher on the
whole business, the new law holds
that the payment of a United States
special tax as liquor seller is
prima facie evidence that the person pay
ing said tax is common seller, and in adj
dition to being subjected to the penalties of
fine and imprisonment, his premises is de-
clared common nuisance. If person is
found intoxicated in the street. OF on any
pubic highway, or in any public place he
is to be fined $40 and costs OF thirty days
imprisonment Tor the first offense, and for
each subsequent offense thirty days addi-
tional Imprisonment. If this section of the
law is enforced theYpolice stations will be-
come the common rendezvous for the scions
OF Maine aristocracy and the rag and bob
tail classes. There will be a degree of
communism in Maine in the county jails
that was never before dreamed Of. Not
withstanding all of Gen. BOWS precau-
lions to make the law hold water, and
nothing but water, the disaffected classes
who take not kindly to prohibition gospel
have already found a hole where the
striped pig can crawl through. 1t has been
discovered that the law makes no provision
for prosecuting cases where liquid goods
are imported and sold in the original
package.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-04-18
CHANGES IN THE RULES.
Important Qualifications Made BIZ
the Northwestern a.eaguc.


the Northwestern aeaguc.
President Roche and Secretary Quin re-
yised the playing rules of the American and
National associations on Saturday, at Mil
waukee, and constructed them so that thev
will govern the playing of Northwestern
league games this season. The points COW
cred were as follows:
FirSt-If the batter deliberately hunts the
ball foul the umpire shall declare said batter
out; but if he accidentally bunts the ball
fou! it shall be called dead ball. and no
bases shall be run on said foul ball.
Second-A right-handed pitcher must step
out with his left foot and turn his body when
throwing to first base; left-handed pitcher
the reverse.
Thrd--The pitcher must have his shoulders
sufficiently toward the front to allow the UNI
pire to see the ball at times.
Fourth-Managers addressing the umpires
or in any way Interfering with the progress of
the game shall be subject to fine the same as
the players.
Fifth-In case the batter be hit by pitched
ball and such ball roll to the extreme back
STOP the batter shall be allowed to take only
one base.
SiXth-In case the batsman makes a hit af-
ter the pitcher makes balk or delivers the
ball Illegally, the batter will be entitled to his
bit, whether il be for two, three or four
bases.
Seventh-After the batter has four balls
called on him, and the pitcher hits the batter
with the fifth ball, the batter will be entitled
to base on balls and hit
Eighth--It shall he necessary for the UNI
pire to satisfy himself that the grounds
are properly laid out before the game COM
menceS.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-04-18

Samaritans deal in stuffs from Damascus.
A few others carry vegetables and such like
garden produce on donkey back from the
valley to the hill villages around. But
without their land their means of living are
seriously diminished, and the danger OF
extinction presses ON the tribe. Sheik
Shellaby is known to Canon Liddon, who
mas helped him with donation of e5 and
nearly letter of commentator.
The Catholics have not unnaturally de-
clined to aid, and even the liberal Jews
SUI! prefer to have no dealings with the
Samarltans. The matter presses. Shell
iapy has been in London for seven weeks,
IN dismal attic in by street off FitZroY
square. lie does not know how to pleae
MS cause. Meanwhile his people are ee'
treating him urgently 10 return
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-04-18
sHERMAN's SURPLUS SCHEME.

Senator SHERMAN is political eques-
tran who. whenever he undertakes to ride
on horseback, is sure to ride high horse.
When it comes to making political plat
form there is nothing small about JOHN
SHERMAN. He cuts garments to suit the
wearer, without regard to the cost of the
goods. When forced to admit that his high
protective tariff policy would annually &C
cumulate an immense amount of surplus rev.
enue in the treasury, Mr.. SHERMAN turns
IN the blandest manner possible to the peo-
pie of both the North and the South and
tells them that he has scheme for making
an equal distribution of the surplus between
the two sections. If the surplus should
amount to $1,000, 900. 900, Mr.. SHEER
MAN would give half of it TO
the North to go for pensions and
the other half to be devoted to education
and internal improvements in the South.
This Is a broad-gauged scheme that Mr.
SHERMAN has on hand and all that is
needed to make him the greatest political
paralyzer of the day is that he should pro-
pose to give to every American citizen the
traditional forty acres and mule" which
was used to buy negro votes in days gone
by. When Mr.. SHERMAN gets his plat
form fully constructed and few more pur-
chasing planks i'll it, the country will be
ready to shut him up in close room with
HENRY GEORGE to fight out their demo-
gogical contest while the nation proceeds
to elect president in whose hands the pub
lie treasury will he safe